Plaint

by Richard Darabaner

Poetry. Darabaner's religious poetic distinguishes his work from the largely secular poetry of the contemporary world. But as ironist he makes his religious focus contemporary. As iconoclast, he bends convention. Yet his voice is grave and biblical, such as in the poem, "[Not yet have I begun the poem of my heart]..".it seems to be an attempt to make contact with an Other in the presence of the deity, to overcome rejection and silence. The speaker seeks to render his "heart" or "a heart of things unspoken," as he puts it, but this could be impossible, in fact. Yet the spirit of resignation suggested at the end...could be an ironic form of redemption.

42 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2012